| Pine Hill Soak Conservation Park | |
|---|---|
  Pine Hill Soak Conservation Park | |
| Location | South Australia |
| Nearest city | Bordertown[2] |
| Coordinates | 36°32′39″S140°53′33″E / 36.5442°S 140.8924°E /-36.5442; 140.8924[1] |
| Area | 51 ha (130 acres)[3] |
| Established | 17 September 1987 (1987-09-17)[4] |
| Visitors | ‘low’ (in 1992)[5] |
| Governing body | Department for Environment and Water |
Pine Hill Soak Conservation Park is aprotected area in the Australian state ofSouth Australia located in the state'sLimestone Coast in the gazetted locality ofBangham about 30 kilometres (19 mi) south of the town centre inBordertown.[2][5]
The conservation park occupies land in section 67 ofthe cadastral unit of theHundred of Geegeela on the eastern side of Frances Road. It is bounded by McCarthy Road to the north and by a vehicle track to its east and south boundaries. Land adjoining its south-west boundary is gazetted as a recreation reserve and contains ahall called the Bangham Hall and some tennis courts. Its name is derived from asoak known as Pine Hill Soak which is located near the conservation park's southern boundary.[2][5]
The conservation park was proclaimed on 17 September 1987.[4] As of 2012, access to the conservation park for the purpose of petroleum exploration under thePetroleum and Geothermal Energy Act 2000 was not permitted.[6]
In 1992, the conservation park was described as follows.[5] The land contains a field of "relict sand dunes and associated swale depressions". The former landform supported abrown stringybark "open forest" withdesert banksia being the "dominant shrub species" while the latter landform supported a "woodland ofriver red gum … andSouth Australian blue gum … with an open understorey of grasses, sedges and herbs". The conservation park containsnative pine which is "an occurrence close to the southern limit of this species' distribution" and which was considered as "suitable habitat" for thered-tailed black cockatoo - a species considered to be "threatened" at the time and which is "dependent on brown stringybark for food and nesting resources". Further, visitation to the conservation park was described as "low".[5]
The conservation park is classified as anIUCN Category III protected area.[1]